AN Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo, on Thursday sentenced a middle age man, Sunday Palms, to death by hanging for murder.
The convict was arraigned on December 8, 2014, on one count charge of murder, a punishable offence under the law.
According to the charge sheet, the offence was contrary to section 316 and punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 24, Vol 11, Laws of Osun State, 2002.
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The prosecution team led by Solicitor General of the state, Mr Dapo Adeniji, called three witnesses and tendered several statements which were later admitted in evidence as exhibits.
The prosecution informed the court that the convict committed the offence on August 20, 2006, when he killed one Isiaka Rafiu, a motorcyclist.
He said the corpse of the deceased was later found some days later on a footpath and there was an indication that he had been in a fight with someone before he was over-powered and eventually killed.
In his confessional statement, the convict admitted killing deceased, saying “I saw the boy riding Okada. I stopped him to carry me to the farm along Gbongan road, Ikire. On getting to the farm, I asked him to stop. Before leaving my house, I carried a knife and kept inside a poly bag, later I fell him down and I brought my knife and cut his neck. After I saw him dead, I left him and went away with his motorcycle”.
In her judgement, the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo, said prosecutor had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and thereby sentenced him to death by hanging.
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